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RH Line calls printed July 5, 2013

Posted:
07/04/2013 08:09:59 PM MDT

Remember the Planes

"World War II events at the airport this weekend: I am one of many dedicated volunteers who are preparing to bring the Collins Foundation World War II bombers and other events to the Fort Collins-Loveland Airport this weekend. I hope many people in Loveland turn out to see these precious flying examples of why we are free today and remembrances of World War II. Please go to 40sForever.com."

MS Ride

"To all the MS riders, thank you for all your efforts in raising money to keep my sister here with us. She is doing well enough to ride. She was part of a team which raised over $213. Keep up the good work. And to all of those that were inconvenienced by these riders, they have personally apologized, but I think my sister's health is more important."

Downtown Parking

"I'm calling in regards of the parking downtown. I recently moved down on Fourth Street, and the first night I was there, my car got ticketed. And there's no parking at all down here, like two to three hours only and if there's parking, it's like too far to walk, like three or four blocks. And they're putting in the sculpture park, which could be a great parking area, and maybe they should do parking meters or something. There's this lady across the street with a baby who comes out everyday here and she has to move her car every two hours. It's just ridiculous.

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We have no parking down here."

Waste of City Money

"We've got hungry children and teachers being laid off in Larimer County, but our roads department decides to put a flashing yellow light on a post on 37th Street between Duffield and the railroad tracks. It tells me how fast I'm going. I already have a speedometer. They could put up the yellow sign for $20. I bet they spent $100,000 of taxpayer money on that. What a ridiculous waste of money. Everybody that makes these decisions should be fired, and we should start over."

Using Swim Beach

"Fourth of July and you can't use the swim beach at Loveland Lake, because they are setting up their tubes and stuff for the fireworks show. Who wasn't thinking when that was approved? Don't you think they could move that a couple 100 yards to the east, so that we could use it on one of the biggest holidays of the year?"

Fireworks and Pets

"I have a message for the caller who says you'll shoot off fireworks in spite of the fact it scares your dog to death. You are an irresponsible pet owner. The very least you can do for this poor animal is to get a tranquilizer from your veterinarian, if you have one, to calm this dog down during the hectic Fourth of July celebration."

"I just wanna call and say that I enjoying having the fireworks going off. Dog owners, if you can't handle that, that's too bad. You don't clean up your mess. You don't keep them on a short leash. You don't pay taxes on them and until you do, let's enjoy the fireworks. They are part of an American tradition. If you don't like it, too bad."

Dog Cleanup

"I'm an elderly woman. I live alone, and I don't have any pets and I have to clean up poop every morning in my yard. I don't like it and I wish that somebody could tell me what to put in my yard, just something to keep the dogs away from here. Very inconsiderate."

Firearms Issue

"I'd like to know why the mayor and a couple other council members first refuse to even discuss the citizen issue regarding the consequences with the transfer of firearms law that the governor had signed. Citizen issues should be a no-brainer and given priority without putting those folks to a big waste of time before deciding that it could and should be discussed. The council must remember who pays the taxes."

Fracking

"In regard to the person that says fracking is not an issue, one of my close friends' neighborhood, they fracked the well, and apparently the bottom of the aquifer and about 10 people's wells went dry about two days after the fracking happened. They cannot prove it because they can't go down the well and see what happened, but it's pretty obvious what happened."

ObamaCare

"President Obama is delaying the implementation of parts of ObamaCare. I can't imagine there being any problems with it. After all it's designed by three of the smartest people in the Democratic Party, if not in Washington: Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Obama. Democrat Senator Max Baucus described ObamaCare as a train wreck. What does that say about Pelosi, Reid and Obama?"

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